Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 468 Sharp Knife Squad

As expected of the elite troops of the Sun Moon Empire, they remained calm in the face of danger and instantly set up defenses to block Ji Lin. It seems that although the Sun Moon Empire did not leave many Soul Masters and troops in the Mingdou Mountains, they were all elites, using quality to solve the problem of quantity.

The Soul Master, who had deployed his defenses, was on high alert. His comrades were also rapidly approaching him. In a maximum of three seconds, as long as he could withstand Ji Lin's attack, his comrades would arrive.

Three seconds! Just three seconds!

This level six Soul Master was very confident in himself. Judging from the fluctuations in Soul Power, his opponent was only a Soul Saint. Although he was no match for him, he could defend with all his might and couldn't possibly be killed instantly! This was his ten-thousand-year-old defensive Soul Skill.

His judgment was actually quite accurate. It was indeed impossible for an ordinary Soul Saint to kill him in one blow, but was Ji Lin an ordinary Soul Saint?

A red sword light flashed in front of him, tearing through the void, and then the crimson light and shadow flew past him at high speed.

He continued to wield his twin swords with great effort, but suddenly, he felt a chill on his body, and everything seemed to have changed. His previously fluid movements seemed to have encountered resistance, and everything he could control seemed to have been lost.

This is……!?

He froze for a moment, and then everything went black before his eyes. His body fell uncontrollably from the sky. It was so dark! Why couldn't he see anything...?

Ji Lin, who had killed his opponent with a single sword strike, vanished from his spot in an instant, his figure as swift as lightning. A terrifying storm of soul-guided rays and cannonballs erupted at the spot where Ji Lin had been standing for a moment, causing a violent explosion that sent earth and rocks flying and dust billowing up. But Ji Lin's figure had already left the spot, and the explosion had not harmed him in the slightest.

"Little Four!"

The arriving Soul Masters stared bloodshot at the corpse falling from the sky—the body of their comrade. In an instant, Ji Lin had killed that Level 6 Soul Master. Soul Guidance Shields, sword light, and ten-thousand-year defensive Soul Skills were all as fragile as paper before Ji Lin's Heavenly Fire Judgment, and Ji Lin tore through their defenses with a single sword strike.

"He's there!" Using the wave detection soul tool, the remaining four soul masters quickly located Ji Lin's position. However, Ji Lin's movement speed was too fast. Ji Lin, who controlled the flame burst to accelerate, was too fast for them to react to.

Amidst a burst of red light, Ji Lin charged towards another Soul Emperor before the four opponents could surround him. Two Soul Saints and two Soul Emperors—these were the remaining four opponents.

As Ji Lin charged forward, he turned his head and looked at a level seven soul master who was carrying a piercing cannon.

The next instant, a dazzling crimson flame erupted from beside the seventh-level Soul Master.

"Boom!" Amidst the deafening explosion, the other three were shocked to see that the seven-ring Soul Saint had been blasted to the point of being reduced to nothingness. The piercing cannon had not even been fired; everything had been vaporized by the intense heat of the flames.

Even before he arrived, Ji Lin had already used his second soul skill, Fire Element Manipulation. With the aid of his mental power, he left a flame mark in the air. Once an enemy got close, it would explode. The extreme heat of the flame mark ensured its destructive power.

Even if it were a flame of ordinary temperature, it would be impossible to kill a level 7 Soul Master directly even if it exploded at close range. But Ji Lin's flame is different. It has extreme high temperature and destructive power that can annihilate everything, making the alternative way of using the second Soul Skill extremely destructive.

This is something only Ji Lin can do. Even Ma Xiaotao, who also possesses the ultimate fire, cannot do it because Ma Xiaotao does not have the soul skill of fire element manipulation. She cannot leave a flame mark in the void, nor can she use her powerful mental strength to hide the soul power fluctuations of the flame mark. At the same time, the temperature of her flames cannot reach the level of Ji Lin's, nor does she have the power of destruction.

Therefore, this is a unique skill that only Ji Lin can use, and it cannot be taught to others.

The sudden turn of events terrified the other three, and at that moment, Ji Lin had already arrived in front of his original target.

With the speed boost from the burst of flames, Ji Lin slashed out with the Heavenly Fire Judgment sword. A flash of sword light, and a head fell to the ground.

Of the five people, three were killed in the blink of an eye. The other two Soul Masters were not stupid; they didn't need to communicate with each other and turned to run away in perfect unison.

Although they were soldiers, they weren't fools. They killed their three comrades instantly upon meeting them. Staying would only mean certain death, so they might as well keep their bodies and find an opportunity to avenge their comrades.

Ji Lin did not chase after them, not because he deliberately let them go, but because he saw ten dark blue figures approaching him at an astonishing speed. From the soul power fluctuations they emitted, he could sense that these ten people were much stronger in combat than the previous five.

Ji Lin was no stranger to these ten people; he had dealt with them several times before. They were none other than the Evil Monarch Soul Masters, the most speed-savvy members of the Beast King-level Soul Master Corps under the Sun Moon Empire's Guardians.

They were at least Soul Saints. With nine Soul Saints and one Soul Douluo, Ji Lin instantly judged their strength using his mental detection.

This level of strength suggests they are the elite of the Evil Monarch Soul Master Corps. Although Ji Lin is confident in defeating his opponents, he also faces some trouble. The most terrifying aspect of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Master Corps is the coordination between their soul tools. Once they coordinate, they can unleash a geometric increase in combat power. These ten individuals combined are probably no less powerful than a Title Douluo. It won't be easy for Ji Lin to resolve the battle quickly. Don't forget, this is near the Sun Moon Empire's main camp, and the Sun Moon Empire's support is swift, even though most of the Sun Moon Empire's military force and experts are currently tied up on the front lines.

However, there must still be some strong warriors remaining to defend the position, after all, the Sun Moon Empire is also afraid that the Star Luo Empire will send a small team of elites to launch a surprise attack on the main camp from the side.

This kind of special operations, which uses elite squads to carry out decapitation plans, is what Soul Masters are best at, but what Soul Masters are not good at. They are good at large-scale frontal battles.

The ten Soul Masters from the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps arrived quickly. They were the elite squad ordered to battle by Mad Bull Douluo Wang Yiheng. There were only five such squads in the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps. They were the core combat force, directly commanded by Wang Yiheng, and were the strongest among the strong!

The two fleeing Soul Masters quickly encountered the ten and swiftly released their wave-detecting Soul Guidance Devices to chase after Ji Lin.

They demonstrated strong teamwork from the very beginning.

The ten members of the elite squad quickly dispersed, even more so than the previous soul masters. Their soul-detecting devices seemed to be more effective, and they soon spotted Ji Lin.

"Up there."

Two of the ten members of the elite squad stopped, each with a two-meter-long cannon with a one-foot caliber mounted on their shoulder.

The giant cannon was aimed at Ji Lin in the air and fired quickly.

Two enormous balls of silver light rose into the sky and flew straight toward Ji Lin.

A level 7 shockwave grenade is no fun to be hit by. Ji Lin's defense is not strong enough to ignore a level 7 Soul Flying Grenade exploding at close range. Moreover, the biggest effect of this shockwave grenade is control. If you get controlled, it won't be fun.

Meanwhile, the others were not idle either. They went at full speed and headed straight for Ji Lin to surround him.

Ji Lin waved his hand and unleashed two sword energies. The two red sword lights left two streaks in the air. The two shock grenades that were flying towards him were hit by the sword energies in mid-air. The next instant, a violent explosion occurred, with countless silver lights shooting out and covering a large area.

The shockwave bomb, which Ji Lin detonated with his sword energy beforehand, not only failed to restrain Ji Lin, but also blocked the other members of the Evil Monarch Soul Master Corps' elite squad due to its premature explosion.

Even the elite squad of the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps dared not allow themselves to be affected by the shockwave blast. What if Ji Lin ambushed them? They could only wait a few seconds for the aftershocks of the shockwave to dissipate before daring to continue charging forward.

Dozens of blue soul-guided rays rushed towards Ji Lin, who hovered in the void. He pointed his left index finger forward, and a pure white halo spread out, transforming into smooth ice mirrors in the air. Even more strangely, each ice mirror blocked one soul-guided ray.

There was no collision or explosion. All the soul-guided rays were reflected back after being blocked by the ice mirror, and none of them were able to get close to Ji Lin.

Having mastered the sacred mark skill Ice and Snow Control, Ji Lin naturally also learned Meng Hongchen's Ice Mirror Reflection. In the face of this soul skill, most ray-type attacks cannot threaten Ji Lin.

In terms of control over ice and snow, Ji Lin is already subtly surpassing the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress. After all, the Ice and Snow Control skill is too overpowered, and it's a devastating blow to ice and snow-type Soul Masters.

Having incorporated numerous ice-type sacred marks, Ji Lin's control over ice and snow has reached a certain pinnacle.

Ji Lin's power exceeded the expectations of the evil lords' soul masters, but their attack had only just begun.

"Focus fire!" The leader of the elite squad shouted, and beams of blue light shot out again. But this time, they didn't shoot directly at Ji Lin. Instead, they all shot at a single point in the air. The ten members of the elite squad were of one mind. After the ten soul-guided rays, as thick as arms, were concentrated at one point, they shot out another beam of light. The deep blue ray did not become thicker. Instead, it became much thinner. It tore through the sky and arrived in front of Ji Lin in an instant.

Ji Lin chuckled, extended his left hand, his palm turning completely ice blue, and gently pressed down, colliding with the ray.

"Buzz!" A strange, soft sound rang out in the sky, and then the deep blue ray dissipated.

The ten members of the elite squad were stunned. Their attack combined the soul beams of nine level-seven soul masters and one level-eight soul master. Although the soul beams themselves were not strong, the combined power of the ten people was definitely equivalent to the full-force attack of a Soul Douluo-level expert.

(End of this chapter)